Bug#463223: initramfs-tools: missing dependency on mktemp? Fails to configure without it

[Luk Claes <luk@debian.org>]

maximilian attems wrote:
> severity 463223 normal
> stop
> 
> On Wed, Jan 30, 2008 at 12:27:37PM +0100, Lionel Elie Mamane wrote:
>> Package: initramfs-tools
>> Version: 0.91d
>> Severity: serious
>> Justification: Policy 3.5
>>
>> On update/upgrade of a sid machine today, initramfs-tools failed to
>> configure, because it tries to use mktemp, while it was not installed
>> on that machine.
> 
> apt-cache show mktemp | egrep '^(Essential|Priority)'
> Essential: yes
> Priority: required
> 
>  
>> If it needs it, it must depend on it.
> 
> your install is broken, fix it.

Any reason why the bug was not closed?

Cheers

Luk